Dislocated Workers Pre and Post Dislocation Wages

The overall pre-dislocation six-month wage for Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker program exiters for Program Year 2004 was $8,158, while post-program wages were $6,842, indicating that 84 percent of the wage had been replaced. For exiters with less than a high school diploma, the pre-dislocation wage was $5,474 while the post-program wage was $4,960, which means that 91 percent of the wage had been replaced. High school graduates had a higher pre-dislocation wage, $7,064, but they only replaced 87 percent of it, $6,127. Exiters with some postsecondary education earned $8,594 before dislocation, and earned $7,072 post-program, replacing 82 percent of their prior wages. College graduates earned the highest pre-dislocation wage, $12,551, and the highest post-program wage, $9,955, but that represented that lowest percentage of wages replaced, 79 percent.